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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 15, 1931
Page
5
Officials propose lowering hog weight ranges for bacon and select grades to 180–220 pounds at farm and 150–230 pounds for butcher grade amid market shifts. The change aims to improve product quality and export viability while preserving some flexibility for future adjustments.
A chart compares official hog grades in Canada and Denmark. It notes the Select Bacon equivalent in Denmark carries a 15 pound spread from 185 to 200 pounds while Canada shows a 40 pound spread. Danish grades lack under 130 and over 230 pound ranges and apply price discounts beyond standard limits. The note adds the world’s earliest farmers lived in the New Stone Age about 10 000 years ago.
Mrs. Victoria Miller of Glendale California is reported dead along with another missionary after a Chinese attack in Yamanfu. Authorities say the women were slain in their sleep by hatchet blows, allegedly delivered by discharged servants.
Vancouver Sun publisher R. J. Cromie told the Advertising Club of Montreal that Asia remains untapped and market forces must target it. He urged bankers to stabilize silver or provide reliable Asiatic currency to revive global buying power and lift world business mood through international action.
Canadian sources host several copper ore varieties, including native copper, but only sulphide ores hold commercial value. Sulphide deposits dominate production and development efforts across major mining regions in the country.
A Washington report notes rapid development of stockraising among Indians in western provinces and highlights Saskatchewan rural doctors funded by public money. It cites 20 000 cattle, 3 000 to 4 000 yearly sales, and calf crops of 6 000 to 7 000. It also covers municipal doctors with average salaries around 4 000 and better net incomes under public funding.
The Dominion Department of Agriculture notes strong demand for well finished young cattle around 900 to 950 pounds live weight with dressing out about 525 pounds. Finishing quality directly translates to money for producers. Spruce and balsam cone descriptions distinguish the species for pulp manufacture. The spruce cones hang down while balsam fir cones stand upright. The human body is 60 percent water.
The Cunard Line announces its new steamship 1013 feet long. Sir Samuel Cunard, founder, is pictured along with current chairman Sir Percy Bates and Canadian director R. W. Reford. Buildings in Toronto and Montreal are noted for height to illustrate scale.
London Daily Express foresees Britain's plan to grant Canadian wheat quota in exchange for a Canadian market for British anthracite coal. The scheme would require at least 15 percent British flour in bread and aims to avoid last year's fiasco. Canada would be offered a wheat quota as part of imperial talks.
The first female aeronaut Madam Tibe or Thible joined painter Fleurant on the Gustave balloon. It ascended at Lyons France on June 4 1784 in the presence of the French royal family and the King of Sweden. The event sparked questions about danger and a remark about a fault or operator’s cost in Madrid.
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